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kieudiemvje
15-07-2011, 08:11 AM
The Vietnam National Petroleum Corporation (Petrolimex (http://finance.vietstock.vn/StockDetail.aspx?scode=Petrolimex&q=Petrolimex&language=en)), the country’s second largest State-owned firm in terms of turnover, is scheduled to launch its initial public offering (IPO) on July 28 at the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX (http://finance.vietstock.vn/StockDetail.aspx?scode=HNX&q=HNX&language=en)).


The move will be the first step of the equitisation scheme and restructure process approved by the Prime Minister in order to transform the corp. into a group.
The corporation’s issuance of shares is aimed at increasing its charter capital, of which the State holds at least 75 percent.
Petrolimex (http://finance.vietstock.vn/StockDetail.aspx?scode=Petrolimex&q=Petrolimex&language=en) plans to auction more than 27.4 million shares to the public with an initial price of 15,000 VND (http://finance.vietstock.vn/StockDetail.aspx?scode=VND&q=VND&language=en) per share.
At a road show on equitisation of Petrolimex (http://finance.vietstock.vn/StockDetail.aspx?scode=Petrolimex&q=Petrolimex&language=en) at the HNX (http://finance.vietstock.vn/StockDetail.aspx?scode=HNX&q=HNX&language=en) on July 12, HNX (http://finance.vietstock.vn/StockDetail.aspx?scode=HNX&q=HNX&language=en) Deputy Director General Nguyen Thi Hoang Lan said that as the largest business involved in petroleum, Petrolimex (http://finance.vietstock.vn/StockDetail.aspx?scode=Petrolimex&q=Petrolimex&language=en)’s shares would be attractive to investors.
According to Petrolimex (http://finance.vietstock.vn/StockDetail.aspx?scode=Petrolimex&q=Petrolimex&language=en) CEO Bui Ngoc Bao, the firm has a large petroleum trading system in Vietnam , from import, storage and distribution with 42 affiliates, warehouses and over 2,100 retail fuel outlets and over 4,000 agents across the country.
Petrolimex (http://finance.vietstock.vn/StockDetail.aspx?scode=Petrolimex&q=Petrolimex&language=en) accounts for about 55 percent of market share among 13 petroleum trading units in the country.